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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Hot Dog Carts Sell Two Billion Hot Dogs a Year and Are a Prime Business Startup Opportunity, Says Shoestring Publishing in a New Course - YAHOO!
According to research from Shoestring Startups, there are some small businesses which defy the recession.
(PRWEB) April 25, 2012
Hot dog carts sell two billion hot dogs every year, according to Shoestring Publishing, and a single hot dog cart can make thousands of dollars a month part time. This is the basis for a new course from Shoestring Publishing that teaches anyone how to start a hot dog cart business easily. The course is called "Hot Dog Cash" and sells for only $17, including over ten free bonus courses for startup entrepreneurs, all designed to prepare the person taking the course to start a hot dog cart business in a very short time with very little startup money.The course was created by millionaire entrepreneur Perry Wiser, who created the course “Hot Dog Cash” along with several other successful hot dog cart operators who found the business to be easy and recession-proof. The teachers have experience with many types of startups and put their experience into their courses. What is a hot dog cart? Mr. Wiser says the hot dog cart business is a startup that allows the individual to take a cart anywhere there are people and sell hot dogs, which are low enough in price that they sell even during a recession. “People have to eat!” Mr. Wiser reminds his students. The course is called “Hot Dog Cash” and is a complete guide to starting a hot dog cart business startup from scratch.
Mr. Wiser says, “Hot dogs have been sold for hundreds of years and will be sold for hundreds more. The hot dog has become an American standard and everybody loves one, especially from a good hot dog cart vendor. Works even when the economy sucks - because the price points are so low on hot dogs, it's pretty much a recession proof business. And in the kind of economy that we're in right now you just can't afford to be in anything else.”
The methods in the course tripled Mr. Wiser's revenues and are more than just instructions on how to start a hot dog cart business. Mr. Wiser says, “These methods are insider secrets that reveal how to get the maximum income from this hot dog cart startup business. Nobody has ever went broke selling hot dogs. Almost two billion hot dogs are sold every year from hot dog carts. You'd never think the hot dog business could be that big of an industry. I started my first hot dog cart business over 20 years ago in Orlando, Florida. Over the years I've operated, owned, bought and sold several hot dog cart businesses. I've become the top dog in the hot dog cart industry, as a matter of fact, in the United States.”
The course teaches that the hot dog business has many benefits, Mr. Wiser explains. "You can be 100% recession proof, fast to start (About 2 Weeks), dirt cheap start up costs, no special education or experience is needed, hot dogs are always in demand, and it is very high paying. You can be your own boss, have flexible hours (work when you want), move and setup wherever you want, grow it however big or small that you want, and it's easy to sell when you're ready to move on."
For more information about the course “Hot Dog Cash - How To Start A Hot Dog Cart Business,” visit the webpage.
About Shoestring Publishing
Shoestring Publishing brings the very best in business startup courses to the public. The recession has increased the number of people wanting to start their own businesses and Shoestring Publishing provides the books and courses to help people setup their own startup business, and to explain how to start a startup. Shoestring has many courses that are easy for most people to implement.
Justin Douglas
Shoestring Publishing
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
McKesson Wins $31.6 Billion Veterans Agency Drug Contract - Bloomberg
McKesson Corp. (MCK) won a Department of Veterans Affairs drug contract valued at as much as $31.6 billion over as many as eight years, the agency said in a statement today.
The San Francisco-based company has been the VA’s primary medicine supplier for veterans hospitals and the department’s mail-order pharmacies since 2004. McKesson, the largest U.S. drug distributor based on revenue, has received as much as $27 billion in orders under the current contract.
It beat Cardinal Health Inc. (CAH), based in Dublin, Ohio, and the Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based AmerisourceBergen Corp. (ABC) for the new contract.
The agreement “will provide an overall savings to the government of approximately $3.26 billion,” according to the VA statement posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website.
McKesson shares rose as much as 4.7 percent to $91.99 in late trading. The shares had risen 13 percent this year before today’s announcement.
VA officials had hoped to award the new contract by the end of March, according to a December letter from Eric Shinseki, the VA secretary, to a U.S. lawmaker. The award was delayed after two small businesses challenged the VA’s decision to exclude small businesses from the new drug contract.
The Government Accountability Office, which arbitrates contract disputes, denied one protest on April 6. The second company withdrew its GAO protest on April 9, though it also filed a separate challenge with the department.
McKesson is “extremely pleased” to continue its work as the VA’s primary drug supplier, John Hammergren, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement.
“We are confident in our ability to meet the VA’s growing needs over the term of our relationship, and in the process create significant value for the VA and for McKesson’s shareholders,” he said.
Josh Taylor, a VA spokesman, didn’t immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment.
Congress and the VA’s inspector general are investigating illegal spending through the current contract with McKesson, which is also used by other agencies, including the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and the Indian Health Service.
VA officials have said the McKesson contract was used to make as much as $1.2 billion in unauthorized and potentially illegal purchases that weren’t explicitly covered by the agreement. The items bought included generic drugs, condoms and sunscreen.
W. Scott Gould, a deputy VA secretary, told lawmakers at a February hearing that some of the spending was illegal. Agency staff didn’t always seek competitive bids for some items bought from McKesson, as required by federal acquisition regulations, he said.
McKesson abided by the terms of the contract, Gould said.
Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen spokesmen didn’t immediately respond to e-mails and phone calls seeking comment.
To contact the reporter on this story: Kathleen Miller in Washington at kmiller01@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephanie Stoughton at sstoughton@bloomberg.net
Thursday, March 22, 2012
China's Smart Cities Offer $153 Billion Opportunity - Marketwatch
BOSTON, Mar 20, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- China’s build-out of “smart cities” is significantly smaller than suggested by the hype, but still represents a $153 billion opportunity across 54 projects, mostly in the southern and eastern provinces, according to a Lux Research report. Among the 54 “real” projects, 35 are scoped at city level -- in some of the country’s largest and most crowded cities, including Beijing and Shanghai -- and account for $76.2 billion, nearly half the total investment. Seventeen projects are at the sub-city level and two at the city cluster level.
“The big winners from this investment activity in the next five years will be telecommunications providers and infrastructure suppliers with the best market channels in the Yangtze Delta and Pearl Delta,” said Jerrold Wang Lux Research Analyst and one of the lead authors of the report titled, “Intelligent Navigation of China's Smart Cities.”
“For prospective foreign participants in China’s smart city growth, opportunities still exist,” added Zhuo Zhang, another lead author. “However, care is needed to navigate China’s increasing sensitivity about information security while still leveraging the ability to introduce advanced technologies and systems integration experience.”
Lux researchers assessed real on-the- ground realities through a detailed project-by-project analysis, supplemented by extensive interviews with government officials, state-owned enterprises, academics, and technology providers. Among their conclusions:
-- Telecom will be the biggest beneficiary. The bulk of the spending on smart cities will be on telecommunications because of the need to build robust infrastructure to support the proliferation of data transmission. From 2011 to 2015, Lux Research estimates the investment on data transmission at $96 billion, or more than 60% of the total investment.
-- Sub-city projects have the most reliable stakeholders. City cluster projects have the highest average project investment but are hindered by the weak ability of lower tier cities to manage large projects. In contrast, sub-city projects are, on average, more investment intensive because of the leading cities’ higher GDP and the resulting stronger ability to make large investments.
-- Foreign companies’ future unclear. Foreign IT companies like Ericsson, IBM and Cisco have enjoyed early access to China’s market but their future is cloudy due to expected Chinese demand for reciprocity and government concerns about information security. There is no definitive threshold that could preclude foreign companies but the barriers will get higher with the rise of the big three telecoms and entities such as CASIC, Digital China and State Grid.
“Intelligent Navigation of China's Smart Cities” is part of the Lux China Innovation Intelligence service. For more information on how Lux Research can help your organization make strategic technology decisions, see www.luxresearchinc.com .
About Lux Research
Lux Research provides strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging technologies. Leaders in business, finance and government rely on us to help them make informed strategic decisions. Through our unique research approach focused on primary research and our extensive global network, we deliver insight, connections and competitive advantage to our clients. Visit www.luxresearchinc.com for more information.
SOURCE: Lux Research
Lux Research, Inc. Carole Jacques, 617-502-5314 carole.jacques@luxresearchinc.comCopyright Business Wire 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Revenues for U.S. Energy Service Companies to Reach $13 Billion by 2020, According to Pike Research - Marketwatch
BOULDER, Colo., Feb 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- While the energy service company (ESCO) industry has been active for approximately 30 years, it continues to evolve in response to business opportunities and economic trends. Today, newer service offerings, such as demand response and energy management software, enabled by intelligent metering and control systems that afford customers greater flexibility and control over their energy usage, are opening new opportunities for ESCOs. According to a new report from Pike Research, the ESCO market for energy efficiency project installations and services in the United States exceeded $5.1 billion in 2011. Driven by public policies that encourage a greater emphasis on energy efficiency to reduce costs and improve operations, this market is expected to continue to grow faster than the domestic economy and reach at least $13 billion in sales by 2020. Under a more aggressive scenario, the ESCO market could reach $16 billion by 2020, the cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts.
"The full impact of recent federal stimulus funding has yet to be realized," says research analyst Brittany Gibson. "But the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has directed billions of dollars into energy efficiency projects at all levels of government and in all geographic regions of the nation, driving increased investment and accelerating innovation among ESCOs."
The ESCO market predominantly takes the form of direct contracting between providers of energy efficiency services and equipment and government agencies, public institutions, and commercial customers -- typically via performance-based contracts, wherein funding for individual projects is based on a promise of "guaranteed savings" to facility owners/managers. In particular, the federal sector's appetite for this energy service performance contract model is growing, helping give rise to a market structure dominated by a group of very large companies that specialize in these contracts. At the same time, project sizes are increasing as clients look for more comprehensive technologies and designs to address their energy consumption. Of particular significance for ESCOs is President Obama's 2009 executive order, which mandates that all federal agencies must achieve a 30% reduction in energy use by 2015.
Pike Research's report, "The U.S. Energy Service Company Market", describes the continuing evolution of the ESCO market, detailing drivers and barriers to deeper penetration of energy efficiency in the U.S. economy. The study focuses on the role that performance contracting is playing as a vehicle for financing efficiency projects for public entities that face budget and credit limitations, as well as the convergence of new technologies and service offerings into traditional energy conservation projects. Key industry players are profiled in depth and market forecasts extend through 2020. An Executive Summary of the report is available for free download on the firm's website.
Pike Research is a market research and consulting firm that provides in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The company's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research and demand assessment, and deep examination of technology trends to provide a comprehensive view of the Smart Energy, Smart Grid, Smart Transportation, Smart Industry, and Smart Buildings sectors. For more information, visit www.pikeresearch.com or call +1.303.997.7609.
SOURCE: Pike Research
Pike Research Richard Martin, +1 303-997-7609 press@pikeresearch.comCopyright Business Wire 2012
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